The oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface. Land 30%. It takes a lot of ice melt to affect the depth of the oceans. Ice has a larger volume, and lighter weight, than the water that it is made up from. Snow has an even larger volume. This volume varies greatly, as snow is packed densely or lightly.
Is there a freeper who can calculate the volume of ice/snow that would be required to melt to raise the oceans 1 inch? Private mail and/or public posting.
9,137 cubic kilometers